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    • Apr 21, 1928
    Hank Williams' bass player, Hillous Butrum, is born in Lafayette, Tennessee. He remains with Williams for just one year, however, leaving the Drifting Cowboys in July 1950 to join Hank Snow's band
    Jul 14, 1949
    Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys Band is formed. It features guitarist Bob McNett, fiddler Jerry Rivers, bass player Hillous Butrum and steel guitarist Don Helms
    Dec 21, 1950
    After 17 months with Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys, bass player Hillous Butrum joins Hank Snow's Rainbow Ranch Boys. During his four years with Snow, he plays on the hits "Music Makin' Mama From Memphis" and "The Gold Rush Is Over"
    Apr 12, 2002
    Phyllis Butrum dies in Nashville. She was married to Hillous Butrum, who played bass for Hank Williams, Hank Snow and Marty Robbins
    Apr 27, 2002
    Bass player Hillous Butrum dies in Nashville. A member of Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys in 1949-1950, he also performed with Hank Snow and Marty Robbins
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